TV EATERIES & HANGOUTS
WORD ORIGNS
SIDE HUSTLERS
QUESTIONABLE POP CULTURE
QUASI-RELATED PAIRS
I SPEAK FOR THE TREES
400
On this series, Leslie Knope got her favorite waffles at JJ's Diner
Parks and Rec. (Parks and Recreation)
400
An Old French word meaning "promise" gives us a word for this person; it can end with one "E" or 2
fiancé(e)
400
A talented painter, Samuel Morse made his living as a portrait artist while developing an early model of this invention
the telegraph
400
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is the longtime host of the Hindi version of this game show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
400
Citrus peel cocktail garnish
&
"triple-acting" fabric cleaner
twist & Shout
400
Oak trees produce nuts in a "boom & bust" cycle, with boom periods, or mast years, yielding up to 10,000 of these
acorns
800
Rory & Lorelai Gilmore grabbed coffee & breakfast at the diner run by him, played by Scott Patterson
Luke (Danes)
800
Meaning fickle or erratic, this adjective comes to us from an association with a messenger god
mercurial
800
This actor took a side gig as a small-town mayor in the '80s, inspiring a nearby Hyatt Regency to adopt the slogan "Make my stay"
(Clint) Eastwood
800
This actress had chemistry with Chris Noth & John Corbett, but many felt none with Hugh Grant in "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"
Sarah Jessica Parker
800
Transition zone edge where 2 air masses meet in meteorology
&
the guy who snaps the football
front & center
800
These drought resistant trees with oily fruit can live for centuries; Ano Vuves in Greece has one that's at least 2,000 years old
an olive
1200
This Nickelodeon series often found Sam & Freddie hanging out at Groovy Smoothie
iCarly
1200
This word originally described Christ's sufferings, but now refers to any compelling emotion
passion
1200
Some say this boxer's day job as a senator in the Philippines split his focus, costing him the welterweight title in 2017
Pacquiao
1200
Trying to manifest a partner, it's the question Raye asks in the title of her 2025 viral hit
"Where Is My Husband!"
1200
A measurement of grams or pounds
&
the seat of a bishop's office
weight & see
1200
Maples reproduce by generating winged seeds that scatter via this means of dispersal also known as anemochory
they scatter by the wind (wind dispersal)
1600
The worst bar in Philly, it's run by Mac, Dennis, Charlie, Dee & Frank
Paddy's Pub
1600
No horse reference, it was a female spirit that suffocated a sleeping person by sitting on their chest
nightmare
1600
His side hustles included doing PR work for a Glasgow steelworks; the owner helped pay for the 1st trip he led to Antarctica
Shackleton
1600
In "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" this actress played forger Lee Israel
Melissa McCarthy
1600
Acronym for nuke-limiting agreements from the 1970s
&
to beat with repeated punches
SALT & pepper
1600
For its ability to create & maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions, this odd-shaped African tree is known as the "tree of life"
the baobob
2000
On this spinoff, students of Hillman College hung out at the Pit, a vibrant campus eatery & social scene
A Different World
2000
French for "straight" or "direct" gives us this 6-letter adjective meaning dextrous
adroit
2000
Wrongly nicknamed Le Douanier or "customs officer", this artist known for jungle paintings was a tax collector by day for 20+ years
Rousseau
2000
The title "Why" has been used by Donny Osmond, Jon Bellion with Luke Combs & this Scottish woman, who made the word about 15 syllables
Annie Lennox
2000
To pathetically complain
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vital energies studied in Eastern medicines
whine & qis
2000
Central Park's Mall is home to one of North America's largest and last remaining stands of the American species of this tree
elm tree